Numerical Study of Smoke Control for Underground Platform in a High-Speed Railway Station

Abstract:

Smoke control for the underground platform of a high-speed railway station was investigated. Nowadays, the development of high-speed railway in China is rapid. In order to economize valuable urban space and to realize the convenient interchange to the subway, some of the high-speed railway station platforms and transfer halls are set underground. It is difficult and uneconomic to achieve static ventilation in the underground platform. Therefore, The mechanical smoke control system is the most feasible and most reliable method to ensure the fire safety of the underground platform. How to protect the evacuation stairs free from the threat of fire-induced smoke is a major concern of smoke control in the underground platform. An underground island platform and underground waiting and transfer halls of an under construct high-speed railway station in south China are reconstructed in this paper. Three smoke control modes based on mechanical ventilation, namely mechanical air makeup, pressurized air supply for stairwell and air curtain, are numerically simulated by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method. The distribution of smoke, temperature, and CO in the platform and influences of them on evacuation staircases are computed and analyzed. The effect of fire location in smoke spread are explored in our research. This study based on CFD modeling enables the improvement of the design and operation of smoke control and exhaust system for underground high-speed railway station. The results are applicable to practical fire engineering designs for underground high-speed railway station platform.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 256-259)
• Pages: 2803-2812
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.256-259.2803
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Hua Yang, Richard Yuen, He Ping Zhang
• Keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), High-Speed Railway Station, Smoke Control, Underground Platform

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